Silly Pirates

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CNN

Pirates seized after threatening French navy ship
updated 10:54 a.m. EDT, Sun May 3, 2009

(CNN) -- The French Navy said they seized 11 pirates Sunday after they apparently mistook a French military vessel for a commercial ship and made a run at it.



Two pirate assault boats approached the Nivose "at great speed," Capt. Christophe Prazuck said, but a French helicopter intervened before the attackers had time to fire at the French navy ship.

The helicopter fired warning shots, he said.

The pirates, who had a mother ship as well as the two assault boats, are being held for questioning on the Nivose, Prazuck said. The vessels were carrying AK-47 rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, but the pirates did not fire, he said.

The incident took place about 1,000 km (620 miles) east of Mombasa, Kenya, at 8:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) he added.

In the past three weeks, the Nivose has intercepted 24 suspected pirates as part of a European Union anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia, which has become a piracy hotspot.

the Nivosa

Seriously! What were they thinking!?! How can they mistake that for a commercial vessel when it's sporting a 100 mm Naval Artillery piece.

It's like they say, only the stupid criminals get caught.

Edit:
RoK Navy assist DPRK Merchant ship being chased by pirates